@General Lighting 402416 wrote:
There isn’t a country in the world with genuine free speech. Even so, no law can stop people being racist – the problem is when groups turn their thoughts and words into action and physically attack their rivals (which is against the law in any decent country).
Anyone below the age of 30 will understandably not be aware of the major public order disturbances of the 1950s to the 1980s that happened across Europe (and still happen in some countries) – or the racial violence that even I remember in my childhood and teens.
In those days men who were physically strong basically ran their streets and made it impossible for anyone else to go into some areas. The race of the dominant men varied depending upon the dominant racial group of each area, particularly in cities with mixed communities. What we have today is a lot safer for everyone and more equal than the streets of the 1970s or 1980s.
Even in today’s Serbia last week the extreme right (their equivalent of EDL) basically trashed a gay pride march and put up a good fight against armed riot police. They also (in Italy!) got a football match stopped after a few minutes.
right wing hooligans have trashed raves in the past (and/or infiltrated the security firms).
The “political correctness” laws may seem like a hassle here but the alternative is your country being run by the hard men of the dominiant racial group, and/or constantly having riots and divided communities and old bill/soldiers/faith groups gaining the upper hand anyway as they are better trained more disciplined fighters.
have you ever had any trouble?
